Story To Tell (Preface)

(Paul Kennerley)
White Mansions, 1978

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Lyrics sung by Polly (Jessi Colter)
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there is a tear, old man

on your face and your hands are shaking

is it fear, old man

or just a trace of hatred awakening?

 

you've a story to tell

and you tell it so well

but the story is not in the lines on a page,

the story is in the lines on your face

 

this is the world, old man

for which your worked and loved with passion

a cultured pearl, old man

that your heart and hands helped to fashion

 

they want to change your way of life

a life you thought was right

all you've held dear since birth, they'll rearrange

but I don't think you're going to live to see the change

(ORCHESTRAL ENDING)

 

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Lyrics & Music: Paul Kennerley
Copyright 1978 Randor Music (London) Ltd.
Controlled in the U.S. & Canada by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)

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Created 17 January 2003
Updated 17 January 2003

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